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Application July 12, 1951, Serial No. 236,317

6 Claims. (Cl. 248-174) I have invented an improvement in display stands, particularly a stand to be set up by itself at a suitable point where articles on sale can be advantageously exhibited to prospective purchasers.

An important object of the invention is to provide a display stand of foldable sheet material with a relatively large number of sides, and comprising a base and a tray above it, the tray having a bottom formed of sections connecting it to the top and of such shape that they can be folded inward to interfit and overlap to impart strength and durability to the entire construction.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description, but changes in details can be adopted within the scope and spirit of the invention as defined by the general meanings of the terms of the claims.

On the drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is a top view of a stand according to this invention.

Figure 2 is a front view in perspective.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section; and

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank of cardboard or other material, cut and scored to the required shape.

The blank 1 of cardboard or the like has a transverse score line 2 extending approximately through the center from one side to the other. From this line run parallel score lines 3 to the lower edge of the blank, at equal distances apart to mark oif portions for the side faces 4 of the base. Near the opposite edge or top of the blank is a similar score line 2 parallel to the first, and the lines 3 are continued or produced from the second line 2 to the top to mark oif on strip 5 parts or sides for the tray. Between portions 4 and 5 are triangular openings 6, with one edge extending from one line 2 to the other, this edge being substantially in line with one of the score lines 3. The other two sides are equal in length, and intersect in an apex, and each apex points in the same direction. Between the openings 6 are the connectors or sections 7 between the tray and the base, to join each section 4 to the section 5 immediately above it the connector being thus K shaped with full-length indentations all on one and the same side, and therefore pointing in the same direction, and adjacent one side edge of the blank the connector 7 there presents a straight edge, while at the opposite side edge the connector there presents an indented edge, as illustrated at the left of Figure 4, to give the last-named connector the same form as the others. Each of the connectors is scored across at the middle or narrowest part by a line 8.

The score lines 3 at the upper edge of the blank terminate in notches 9, and across the inner ends of these notches run parallel score lines 10 close to each other. One end of the strip 5 has a hinged flap 11 and the corresponding side portion 4 of the base has a longer hinged flap at one edge. The bottom edges of the side portions have flaps 13 separated by notches 14, the flaps 13 being hinged along score lines 15. These flaps serve as feet for the base and are turned inward to rest on the floor 2,715,509 Patented Aug. 16, 1955 or other support for the stand. When the stand is set up, the blank is bent along the lines 3 and the flaps 11 and 12 are aifixed by glue or otherwise to the opposite side of the blank. The flaps 16 are then folded down against the inside faces of the sides 17 of the tray at the top.

The transverse score lines 8 divide the connecting sections 7 into halves 18 and 19 with inclined sides 20 and opposite sides 21 perpendicular to the lines 8. The bottom is made for the tray by folding the connectors 7 in under the sides 17, bending the connectors along the lines 8. In this operation the spaces between the lines 20 afford room for portions of each connector along the opposite sides 21 to pass in between the layers 18 and 19 of the adjacent connector so that the square corners 23 between the lines 8 and 21 of each connector 7 are inserted between the obtuse corners 24 of the two halves 18 and 19 of the adjacent connector. This inserting and overlapping takes place all around the bottom, as shown in Figures 1 and 3; the halves 19 being over the halves 18. The bottom, therefore, has the thick ness of four layers of cardboard over most of its area and is so braced that its strength is much increased.

The stand can thus be readily made and set up. It can be collapsed by folding it along any pair of opposite lines 3 and flattened for storage or shipment. In its flattened state the upper part can also be turned down along the lines 8 or the middle line 2 to make its area still smaller.

The flaps 16, as shown in Figure 4, lie between the notches 9 which separate these flaps. When the base is formed and set up, as in Figure 2, the connectors 7 need only to be pushed inward, and the openings 6 give sufiicient clearance for the corners 23 of each connector to go easily between the folded portions 24 of the connectors having the indented sides next to it.

Having described my invention, what I believe to be new is:

1. A display stand of sheet material comprising a hollow base having sides and a tray above the base with sides each of which is in line with one of said sides on the base, the stand also including sections between the tray and the base, each section being hinge-connected to the lower edge of one side of the tray and the upper edge of an alined side of the base, said sections and sides being all of substantially the same width, said sections having transverse central score lines about which they are folded inward, said sections when thus folded all projecting inward fully to the middle of the tray and closing the bottom of the tray over substantially the whole extent of said bottom.

2. A display stand of sheet material comprising a hollow base having sides and a tray above the base with sides each of which is in line with one of said sides on the base, the stand also including sections between the tray and the base, each section being hinge-connected to the lower edge of one side of the tray and the upper edge of an alined side of the base, said sections and sides being all of substantially the same width, said sections having transverse central score lines about which they are folded inward, said sections when thus folded all projecting inward fully to the middle of the tray and closing the bottom of the tray over substantially the whole extent of said bottom, parts at one side of each folded section then being overlapped by part of an adjacent section.

3. A display stand having a base with sides and a tray over the base, said tray having sides each of which is in line with a side of the base, the stand also including sections between the tray and the base, and each foldable along a central transverse score line, said sections and sides being of substantially the same width, each of said sections being hinge-connected at one end to a side of the base and at its opposite end to an alined side of the tray, and each having one and the same side with a in line with a side of the base, the stand also including sections between the tray and the base, and each foldable along a central transverse score line, said sections and sides being of substantially the same width, each of said sections being hinge-connected at one end to a side of the base and at its opposite end to an alinedside of the tray,

and eachihaving one and the same side with a' central indentation, said sections when folded inward on said lines projecting fully to the middle of the tray and closing the bottom thereof 'over substantially the whole extent of said bottom, each section having portions along the indented. sides then overlapping portions of any adjacent section.

5. A display stand comprising a base with sides, a tray above the base and having sides in line with the sides of the base, the stand also including sections hinged to the sides of the tray and the base along their upper and lower edges respectively, the sections and sides all being substantially of the same width, said sections each having a triangular indentation in one and the same side central indentation, said sections when folded inward on 7 and a central transverse score line, the inner ends of said indentations lying upon said lines, said sections each being folded inward along said lines, and when thus folded projecting fully to the middle of the tray and closing the bottom of the tray over substantially the whole extent of said bottom.

6. A display stand comprising a base with sides, a tray above the base and having sides in line with the sides of the base, the stand also including sections hinged to the sides of the tray and the base'along their upper and lower edges respectively, the sections and sides all being substantially of the same width, said sections each having a triangular indentation in one and the same side and a central transverse score line, the inner ends of said indentations lying upon said lines, said sections each being folded inward along said lines, and when thus folded projecting fully to the middle of the tray and closing the bottom of the tray over substantially the whole extent of said bottom, parts of each section along said side with an indentation overlapping an adjacent section;

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,537,318 Scoble Jan. 9, 1951 

